I've been making up sewing kits and have learned that the cheap needle threaders, will pull out the metal threader part, if not fortified. Those little metal ones. You can get the metal threader part more tightly held, if you take a coin and press the metal parts that hold the threader, so the metal thread doesn't tear out when you use it.

There are also two types of self threading needles. The one mentioned above where you push/pull the thread through the top of the eye, and the other is called a side threading needle. I have both types in my sewing kits for tired eyes.

***the cheap needle threaders, will pull out the metal threader part, if not fortified. Those little metal ones. You can get the metal threader part more tightly held, if you take a coin and press the metal parts that hold the threader, so the metal thread doesn't tear out when you use it.
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Thank you! I've been using those things for years and it was always with the last one in the house it would break... why didn't I figure that out???

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Thank you! I've been using those things for years and it was always with the last one in the house it would break... why didn't I figure that out???

You're welcome! I just learned about that recently and I've been sewing for years.Lay out the coin shaped part and the metal threader part flat on the table, then with the edge of a coin, press solidly down on the coin ridges that hold the metal threader part. They are sure flimsy and often come apart.